A man is determined to instil the culture and traditions of his homeland into his son
Emmi Khor
An ageing man is obsessed with a family tradition of making sausages, which evokes many of his strongest memories
David Harris
A mother must cope with the whirlwind in her head when her newborn struggles to thrive
Monica Tanos
The life of a young woman is magically transformed when a man with a piano stops at a petrol station
Jason Bainbridge
Single-minded about growing tomatoes, a father loses his family to an obsession that ultimately consumes him
Abby Guy
A young man’s ambitions for the future are shattered in the aftermath of a car accident
Sam Cecins
A woman prepares for a second date with a man at a bar after a successful first encounter
Alison Davis
A family’s livelihood is upended not once but twice by an invasive plant that takes over their lives
Anne Vick
A young man returns to a church to mourn the death of his parents in a car accident years earlier.
Alastair Walker
A zombie and a boy share their final hours together as around them the world has come to an end.
Danica Hehre
A young woman in Australia on an internship remembers the professor who had such a profound impact on her life.
Catherine Ooi
In the aftermath of her mother’s death, a woman recalls the stories passed down through generations that she used to tell.
Odette Brown
A husband and wife’s differing reactions to a shark attack makes them question their relationship and their lives
Sam Carmody
Asked to bring home the body of a dead friend, a man travels overseas and lands in the middle of a mystery
Frank Leggett
A man in a coma forms a powerful bond with his nurse as she talks to him and cares for him in hospital
Anson Cameron
More than 6000 people entered the world’s richest competition for short stories this year, with tales of love, laughter, despair and much more from around the country. Here are the winners and their stories.
Alison Wakeham
A man takes a morbid trip to identify the body of an old friend in his former stomping ground of Thailand, but all is not as it seems.
A connection blossoms between a long-time coma patient and his kind nurse.
Judges say intimate story about a man in a coma and the nurse who cares for him is a rare gem of a short story in a very strong field.
An intimate story about a man in a coma and the nurse who cares for him is the rare gem of a short story that took out the $50,000 first prize in The Best Australian Yarn competition.
Claire Sadler
A Reptile-loving student is in contention for the Youth Prize at the short story competition’s rich awards ceremony.
An award-winning Albany novelist has adapted his usual capacity for lengthy fiction to short prose as a contender in the Best Australian Yarn competition with his brooding surf entry Flutter.
Melissa Sheil
Melbourne author Anson Cameron hadn’t written a short story since the early 2000s. His powerful comeback could land him $50,000.
Ezra Kaye
The life of a young woman is magically transformed when a man with a piano stops at a petrol station.
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